MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (Department of Consumer Affairs) NOTIFICATION — THE LEGAL METROLOGY ACT, 2009

[4M W1_@u 3() ] 4d 7 Tq7 347HrMI 3/ MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (Department of Consumer Affairs) NOTIFICATION New Delhi; the 7th March; 20 [ [ G,SR 202(E):-~In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) read with clause (j) ad (q) of sub-section (2) of section 52 of the Legal Metrology Act 2009, (1 of 2010), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely: 1. Short title, and Commencement; (1) These rules may be called The Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011. (2) They shall come into force on the 1st day of April, 2011. 2. Definitions:- In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires- (a) Act" means the Legal Metrology Act 2009, (1 of 2010); (b) "dealer" in relation to any commodity in packaged form , means a person who, or a firm which carries o directly or otherwise, the business of buying, or distributing any such commodity whether for cash or for selling, supplying 38 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II SEc: 3(i)] deferred payment or for commission , remuneration Or other valuable consideration; and includes a commission agent who carries on such business on behalf of any principal, but does not include a manufacturer who manufactures any commodity which is sold or distributed in a packaged form except where such commodity is sold by such manufacturer to any other person other than a dealer (c) "lot" means in the case of packages which have been stored, the total number of such packages stored; and () in the Case Of packages which are o or at the end of the packing line , the maximum hourly output of packages;' (d) "manufacturer" in relation to any commodity in packaged form, means a person who or a firm which produces, makes or manufactures such commodity a Id includes a person or